When I was a little kid (I must have been nine or younger, based on where we lived), we had a book, and I don't have a lot to go on... But this was a book containing illustrations, each one part of a puzzle. It seems to me that it was very mysterious and strange. I'm not clear on the point, but I think you navigated through the book by solving the puzzles, and each illustration was meant to be connected, so that it was as if you were exploring this weird estate. You were supposed to add everything together to solve some big mystery. Maybe the name of the narrator, or owner of the estate. I don't exactly remember.
Anybody know of anything similar to this?
Posted by Valentine014 (Member # 5981) on :
What year was it when you were 9?
Posted by James Tiberius Kirk (Member # 2832) on :
No. But that was the thread that brought it to mind. The illustrations were in black and white. I vaguely recall being a little creeped out by it. It may not have been an intentionally creepy thing. I think there were a lot of illustrations of doorways.
This would have been around 1987, I think? Though it could have been released earlier, of course.
Posted by Pegasus (Member # 10464) on :
I had a book like that, but it was in color and the setting was some tropical island...
I wish I could remember the title
Posted by Liz B (Member # 8238) on :
One of my friends had it (in about the time frame you're talking about)--I remember one picture very vividly, of a dead rabbit pointing downward toward (possibly?) a clue. Although I remember it being in color...
The person who solved the puzzle of the book would find a golden horse and win $500,000 (or else the golden horse was worth $500,000...).
There's a link here to the story of the guys who solved the puzzle...too late, as it turned out.
Posted by Liz B (Member # 8238) on :
Ohhhh. Masquerade was the book I remember...
Posted by TL (Member # 8124) on :
Nice! I clicked on the Masquerade, link, there, and and the book I've been trying to remember was there on the 'Customers Who Bought This Item...' area.
And some further googling brought me to a website, apparently authorized by the publishing company (the book is out of print), with the entire puzzle in webpages-instead-of-pagepages form. And it seems pretty cool.